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THE WONDER BALL.
SM Ingenious Mwnin-r of Milking Ctiris*
Bias Olfta COOtlon? Their Interest.
A? tho season for gift making draws
near ingenuity in that direction will no
doubt bring forth a host of novelties
which tho eager feminine mind will bc
quick to grasp. One called the "wonder
ball" ls already rolling on its way. Tall
is of German origin, as the motivo con
nected with it will show, for, as a peo
ple, tho Germans, more than any other,
bivcst tho common alTairs of life with aa
atmosphere of sentiment.
The wonder hall is a form of gift
many gifts in one. The friends of tho
ono who is to receive it nre in amiable
cahoots together, and hy their united ef
forts it is produced. An amount of
bright wool is bought, say enough for a
shoulder shawl, or even for nu afghan.
The gifts, which should beef small bulk,
are wrapped in paper, with the giver's
name, a note, or any other personal re
membrance affixed, and then thc yarn is
wound about until il is covered, when
another is added and the same process
repeated.
This goes on until nil thc gifts are in
cluded in the package, one at a time,
each interwoven with its concealing weh
of threads.
Now comes the charin! Thc receiver
is requested to knit from that hall or to
crochet any article they may choose to
liv upon, and not hy any chance to un
wind the yarn only so fast as tho work
progresses. It is like undoing a long
Christmas stocking with presents in it
down to thc very toe.
And sec what a stimulus to industry!
Curiosity will grow stronger as each gift
appears, and the work i.i pretty certain
to he swift and soon completed.
Here is nu example of one wonder ball.
A lady had a birthday, and her friends
decided to give a handsome work-basket
und its furniture. German knitting yarn
was bought for ll skirt -two colors, four
hanks of blue and two of pink. This of
itself would make a huge ball, but in
separate packets were inclosed a thimble,
a case of scissors, an elaborate assort
nvcnl of needles, needle leaves, a Spool
box, spools of every number and colorid
thread and silk, an emery strawberry, a
tape measure, and other trilles. These
were interwound until the hall was of
formidable proportions.
Then it was presentetl in the basket
anti the lady given to understand she was
to work herself into a knowledge of her
presents or to remain in Ignorance. Al
lowing for this work t>nly such chance
minutes of leisure as a busy woman eau
snatch from more pressing duties, it
would take a month to get at the henri
of that wonder hall.
An Odd Poker Slorj
Thomas ll. Davis for many yt*rs waa
one of Barnum's foroigll agents, and his
duties called him to all parts Ol ibo
world. Vesterdav .Mr. Davis leaned
back ill a chair and in a <pii--l voice in
quired: "Did you ever hear the story
of the big poker game played between
Deafy Gaylord and myself?" Nobody
bad. and so Mr. Davis proceeded to lei!
the story:
"Well, Gaylord ami 1, who wero at
that time iii Barnum's employ, were ; u
rouie from Suez, l?gypt, to Bombay,
India. We were passengers on tho
steamer Uo ll i I hi. Peing unacquainted
with any of our fellow-passengers, wo
were at s,.:i :l.s u, h<)W to pass ll Wily the
time. Finally wc. hit it. Quietly seat
ing ourselves at a table and drawing a
tieck of ennis wo commenced to play
Imker. No one noticed us for a time,
mt when they heard tho bolting 'I'll
see you fifty and raise you a hundred'
tho passengers, mostly (englishmen,
gathered about the table. i was ap
parently as cool as a sherry cobbler in
midsummer, and dealt ibo cuds from
the lop and bottom so boldly that some
of the bystanders look pity on Gaylord,
and, taking him one side, gave h m a
pointer. Gaylord lei them have their
Bay, but would not bo convinced but
that bis partner was 'a dead square
mau.'
.* *Do you know him?' they queried of
Gaylord.
" 'Never met him before in my life,'
was the reply, mid then resuming his
seat, proceeded to be robbe I as opon ly
ns ever a man w as. '?'he game ended
by Gaylord being $10,000 loser.
"When tho oilier passengers were
not about 1 would return Gay ?ord his
losings.
"'The following dav I was oyod suspi
ciously and Gaylord pitied as Ibo p ?or
victim. Wo continued to aol as
strangers toward each otiior, and <? tau*
ally meeting in front of thu table w here
wos? tho night before, politely bowod,
and with a wave of our bands lownrd
tho ?hairs, took our seals. Again did
thf. stakes run high, and 1 kent cheat
ing and raking in tho molloy. Tin
spectators became excited, and mur
murs of disfavor filled Ibo air.
" 'Ten thousand lo a cab,' said Gay
lord.
*. 'I'll visit you,' was my rejoinder,
and, showing down a straight flush,
prooocded to take in the < ash.
"Then Gaylord was again taken
nsule. and told bc was being literally
robbed by a S ll ar por.
"'I don't squeal,1 said Gaylord: '1
can afford to los... toil thousand or s<> a
dav just for thc amusement thc fellow
gives me. I'm out about a 'plai ter of a
million now, but t?lat's merely a baga
telle. I'm looking for white, elephants
for Barnum, and theao trilling iucidents
don't count.'
"lt was several days before Ibo trip
was ended,'1 addod tho agent, "and l
was looked upon by thc passengers a?
the millionaire gambler of tho world.'1
-St. Lotlis Republican.
A Boston man tolls how few in Eng.
. and understand American Kllglisll "J
bad not been in Liverpool an hour." ho
says, "when I beca mo convinced thal 1
bad Mich to b-.uii about tho Kng
language When I entered my hotel I
asked the young woman who rec lived
me. 'What aro) our tor ms?' and had 1
i.po,.eu Choctaw she could not have
understood mo less. 'What do you
charge a day ?' 1 next ventured. 'Charge:
elie replied, vaguely, and ! tried turill ll.
.Ab! you want the tariff?1 she said ;..
last, and sure enough 1 dill. ' Now. if I
had used tho word 'tariff' ill that SOnSS
in Boston it would have been considered
shin"'. 1 tried in vain to pol a pair-id
suspenders, as (hey would show ino
none but those for stockings, hut .suc
ceeded finally In buying Rome 'braces.'
1 might prolong tho Hal ad infinitum,
but enough is shown lo warrant thc
publication of an English-American
dictionary of synonyms for tho usu ot
travelers. "
One of tho most Important industries
of the day ia tho canning trade, and
Maryland and California aro tho prin
cipal canning stales. Maryland alone
givos employment to (10,000 persons in
canning fruits and oysters, tho estimate
being J60.000,OOO cans nunnally. The
principal oanning m California la fruit
aud salmon. Louisiana, Mississippi
and Florida aro also assuming some
importance in the earn ing of pineap
ple..!, oranges anti similar products.
A DIAMOND STORY.
Ti?o Clover Work Now Accoiiii>lltihetl bj
Dishonest Lapidaries.
A well known diamond dealer, wh?
has become an expert from many years'
handling of precious stones, was noar
lv taken lu a few days ago by a shrewd
diamond il h ark, whoso new scheine do
serve? attention, as it is likely to bo at
tempted in sonio other quarter. Tho
dodge consists in trying to palin off a
cleverly "doctored" diamond as a very
valuable stono and in telling a plausible
and picturesque, story to givo it coun
tenance.
Tho short, stout man, with a grizzlod,
gray mustache, who tried to vietIniizo
the jeweler in question, brought to hint
an elegant-looking solitaire ring, pur
porting to contain a diamond of unusual
ji/.e and brilliancy. To tho oyo even
af the expert tho steno looked nil right,
and the man tried hard to make a bar
gain with him at once, without pro
ceeding any further. As it looked, tho
diamond was easily worth ?200, and
thc man. who told a lido of dire noces
sil v, odored to sell it for A," 100.
The story <>f the diamond as tobi by
die man. who gave Hie namo of Charlea
Harwood, was that it belonged origin
ally lo '.he (b and Duke Alexis of Russia.
In December 1871, when tho Grand
Duke, w ho was young und handsome,
attended the reception given in his
honor in the Academy of Music, an
cpi-odo aceurtvd that attracted consid
erable attention at the timo and has
been much talked of since.
Some time after the. promenade, and
when everything was in motion, tho at
tention ot the Duke, who had gone up
stairs with two of tho gentleman of tho
committee, was attracted by a lady in
imo of tho corner rows of curial neil
balcony boxes. There were hut two
ladies Ul Ibo box, one of them an obi or
ly lady and tho other a tall, beautiful
young woman, about 20 years of ago,
w ho had remarkably lino eyes, which
could not fail lo be noticed.
Thc (?rand Duke expressed a desiro tu
bo introduced, which was soon gratified,
and after standing for a few moments
in front of the box he asked permission
lo go inside. In a little while In: asked
tho lady to go on tho promenade, and
otherwise showed his pleasure at moot
ing her, but she mildly and persistently
refused.
As he rose t > go, tho Dilke, holding
her hand a moment and slipping from
one of his lingers a diamond ring, pre
sented it to her and asked her lo koop
it as a souvenir of the occasion. Tho
lady di l so, ami kept it for several
veers, mi!il at lasl situ fell into reduced
circumstances and determined to got
rid of thc ring in spite of its associa
tions.
Such, in substance, are thc facts of an
occurrence upon which lite man with
the diamond to seil told his story. Ho
represented that the diamond ho had
was the one given to tins lady, ?iud he
endeavored very dourly to trace its his
tory (u her. 'Tho jeweler, however, in
sisted upon removing tho stone from the
setting to examine it, and this the nmn
allowed him to do.
Tho man's willingness lo do this very
nearly I brow tho jowelor off Iiis guard
at the last moment, especially as upon
removing lim stone he cunio see nothing
wrong with it. Taking up a microscope,
however, he was abie lo del eel, with a
i ci?se scrutiny, a slight variation in the
quality and levine of lim ?tone between
thc muidlo portions and (he ends.
I'hon ho held the stone near a lamp,
and in a fow minutes tho whole, natur"
of thc ingenious fraud dawned upon
him. A small real diamond of Inferior
quality formod Ibo lop and b itloin, and
i lino piece of cry.ital had been sand
wiched between ;heiu. adding nearly
ton times ,o the value of the stone, it
nail been s> cloverly and Ingeniously
put together willi a colorless cemoni
that il Was alnjo.U beyond the pow er ol
ilclocli'm. Tho man, of iou-.', express
ed sn: prise, and asserted thal the dia
mond was just :<s ho received it. - Y'iu
UUs.
Coal-Mincis1 Wages,
Tho Pennsylvania miner has no cot
'. goor garden, unless in) lives a long
I ?it HUCO boin Iiis work. His home ia
usually in a i iinnplj built wooden
house, one of a long row just alike,
with oiii-ide unpainted and inside un
finished, no collar, no door-yard, no
phado trees about thom. Most of thoso
houses have but two rooms, one up
stairs ?ind one dow n, tin: lon er serving
for kitchen and siltiug-room and, some
timos, win n the family is large, for bed
room a - weil, lie lives in a company
liou.se o.i company land and pays rent
for Ibo sumo at vary ing rates, ?4 to ???y
nor moil I h. Ills rent is always taken
from his wages boforo he is paid. I bi
must also, as a t ine, pay for the coal he
burns in his house, in some, localities as
high ?is $2.7o per ton. Ile works in
darkness. In Hie summer he goes into
tho mino just as tim sun is rising and
conies om just as it is setting. In
winter he ra roly secs daylight at all.
It is often so wet in the pill lory that hid
dollies ?ne soaked from morning lill
night. Sometimos Um vein is only
throe or four fool thick, and ho must
work in a.siting or reclining position.
He is exposed to constant danger from
falling ruck. lit'O damp, explosions, or
of being buried a.ive. His work is
hard, it is dangerous, ii requires skill,
?ind ought lo he well paid. In fact,
however, ii ?.i very poorly paid. Tho
average of minors1 wages is not greater
than those of thu ordinary dav laborer
in Massachusetts. Miners who work on
eontraol -thal is, who aro p.dd hy tho
ton of Coal rill nod in lae. anthracite
mines, earned, in 1881, on an average,
(8.84 per week; tho-e who worked by
the day, .*7 per week; lu the bituminous
mines, $7.10 per we k. Out of tli080
scanty oarnings ho must buy his own
tools and pay for keeping them in re
pair, ami must also buy the oil and the
wloks for his lamps and the powder or
>thor explosives ho uses. - (j cor ge A.
i>i uisuu, m Work and Wages, Holyoke^
t?Ut ?,
Hbo Lovell McPherson.
Regularly once a month, says a
Washington letter, the figure of a wom
an, closely veiled, ts seen in McPherson
square, usually about twilight. Sho is
of good figuro and quito prepossessing.
She will sit on ono of tho park settees
for ?i fow momenta, whilo her gaze is
riveted upon tito magnificent equestrian
statue ol tho deceased go nora!. Twen
ty-six years ago Miss Ktnily Hollinan,
ano of tho richest bellos of Ihiltimore,
while Visiting out west, met and fell in
love with Qon, McPhorson, and they
became affianced. Thegcnoral wns en
gaged in tho war and could not spnrvt
time for tho wedding, beides tho woll
known southern sympathies of tho
Hoffmans proved another causo of tho
postponement of tho wedding. Tho
nark day* of strife continued, and tho
general fell in baltlo with tho miniature
of his sweetheart prossed to his breast.
Tho lady novor recovered from tho
shock, and regularly visits tho statuo of
hor hera
null - V un ve.
A TRANSFORMATION SCENE.
yee the portly citizen
Coming down the street;
Prosperous, respectable,
Exquisitely neat.
Bec his smiling countenance,
Philanthropie, bland;
Note his pleasant, well-bred air,
Easy, graceful, grnud.
Sec ids shining beaver hal,
See his ulster brown,
t) but see his heels go up,
And his bead conic down!
What a fearful miracle
Fate wrought i" a trice
When tho portly burgher's heel
Found that blt of iee.
Tina away! Don't look at him,
Lying prostrate there,
Dignity and grace all gone,
Whew! just hear him swear!
A bud sign-Au illegible signature.
Phil Sheridan's mother says she doesn't
want him to run for President.
Ile is happy who takes the weather as it
comes cheerfully.
Nothing 80 vividly remuais us of the
brevity of life as n thirty-day note
Water from thc river Styx should be good
mutcdiil for mucilage manufacturers.
Occupants of top floor flats arc not al
ways "high livers."
"Let her slide" is thc Biting thal goes
with tobogganing.
Man never hus tho same faith in thc eter
nal UtllCSS of things after his wife bas made
him a shirt.
Electricity lu its various forms of oppll
cation ls said hi give employment to 5,000, ?
Out) persons.
idleness ls the hotbed of temptation, the
eradh of disease, thc waste ol lime, the
canker worm of felicity.
When "thc boy stood on the burning
deck" it is presumed Ito resolved never to
play curds llguitl.,
The be l lorin of responsive servie.- is
that which consists in putting a good ser
mon Into geml practice.
The hustle must not and will not go,
(hough it is entirely willing to be so fur
eclipsed ?isle lake a back seat.
Ile is happy who comes with healthy
body into Ibo world; nun li more bc w ho
goes with healthy spit il out of lt.
"What's tin-, waiter'.'' Railroad soup,
slr." "Queer nanio for soup." "Yes, sir;
Block's been watered so often, sir.
A i hi being asked by her teacher what
kind of a noun "kiss" was, replied, with a
blush, Hud is was both proper and common.
The llritish Govcrmenl propose- lo grant
a loan lo tho local authorities (o tide thc
crofters over the present period of distress.
SlrtlllgO that thc price of coal should al
ways bc going up when lhere are so many
more cellars than buyers.
Tho bald-headed man may not earn any
more hoad than liierest of us. hui with
his vast glacial perlotl brow ho could sweat
for a whole family.
The lire lesses of 1SS7 were in excess of
HlOSC of any previous year in the history
of tho Country, except I hose of tllC Chicago
and lindon conflagrations.
It is n maxim that for every man thal
docs not work, and for ? very woman who
is idle, somebody must suffer cold or
hunger.
A medical journal tells people' how to
catch a cold," bul wh it they want lo know
is how lo prevent a cold from catching
them.
Thc girls hate slang phrases, whatcvei
liny aro;
Rut they hate in degrees, for they say
That thc maid who "gets loft" is moro
ancry hy far
Than tito maid who gets "given away."'
For tho most p, * Yd good breeding ob
serve I lie manne!-, ol' two ladies who halo
each oilier. Fach is on guard against tho
slightest slip.
It is the habitual thought thal frames It
self intoour lives < Mir confidential friends
have not as much lo do lu shaping our lives
as the thoughts which we harbor.
"Charley, didn't you h ave Miss Smith
rather Midden! v ibo other evening?" "Well,
yes. Tn tell I ho truth, she was beginning
to get (entier, and I got frightened."
The Appellate Court of Illinois has mi
non need Its long looked for decisions in Ibo
Chicago boodle cases. Dolli cases inc
n 111 rmed,
Thc Governor of Florida has demanded
thc resignation of Sheriff Holland, of Jack*
Millville, holding him responsible for Hu
esea pc nf Carpenter, I ho alleged New York
forger.
Tho Philadelphia Publie ?Mlger, Mr.
(?coree W. Cllllds's naper, says that Mr
Childs is not ml will not he a candidate
for the Presidency, and would not serve if
cl dod
lu view of tho inulo's high reputation II s
a kicker, it is singular thal ho is not secured
1er soine (d' thc college fool hall elevens; but
perhaps they have got all Hie mules they
want II.e.V.
Twenty live per CCUt. of tllC Coko OVCI1S
in Hu- Comicllsvillc (Penn ) region have
h.cn >hnt down fm- tho purpose of restrict
ing production. This will (brow 1,500
mea out of employment.
Thc fisheries commission have signed a
treaty which, it is generally believed, will
proven! all future difllcillties between tho
United States and Hrent Britain on this
subject,
.lames Curtice, colored, a palace ear con
ductor, has brought suit against Hie man
agement of the Windsor Hotel, at .Mon
tn al, charging that h.- was forcibly ejected
from the hotel on account of his color.
First Speaker-Say, fellows, you don't
know what u bore this thing of wearing
classes is; and I never have been able lo
gel a pair that suited both my eyes and
nose, [second Speaker-Well, you can't
CXpCCl Hie nyes und noe? to la- unanimous
for a thing.,
"What ls il you have against .Miss
Smartly? She isn't so had, you know, and
besides, sim is entitled to credit for more
than halt supporting thc family." "Well,
Hint's something in her favor, but she's
quite unsupportable herself."
When a Boston girl ls presented with a
bouquet she says, "() how deliciously
s Weet I hs fragrance Impregnates ibo en
tire atmosphere of thc room." A down
Fast girl simply says, "It smells scriunpli
ons; Hianks, iteub.
Rtycnuo olllccis in the past few days
have captured several illicit stills in Clay
and Randolph counties. Ala., and destroyed
them, willi shout 'JU,(KIO gallons of boer
and mush. Six of the distillers were taken
to Montgomery ind arc now In jaii, await
ing trial.
A SAM rt M THAOKDV,
Fast hil the flakes upon thc ground
As he glided Into view
"Is this thc editor?" "It ls,"
"Sir, w ill you publish Hean-"
Hut crche could pronounce the rest,
The i|tier?Ht met lils fate -
lie dotilded up and calmly died,
Struck wilh a paper weight!
He perished in the nick of time,
For well thc editor know'
Thal ho meant to add "tiful Snow"
When bc cut him olT at "Beau-"
Mr. Lawton, United States minister at
Vienna, has Accepted from Harry Farber,
a rich American, a relative of President
Cleveland, who is studying law at thc
Vienna University, the offer of $1,000,000
to the American 'Government, with which
to endow a university at Chicago on tho
Vienna model.
- - ? .......
Tho ilotiso Committee on Agriculture
has decided to report favorubly tue Hatch
hill to create a new executive department
of agriculture. The portions relating to
tho labor bureau iu thc proposed new de
partment arc omitted at the request of the
labor committee.
ll is reported In Wall street that thc Sully
party will soon retire from thc Richmond
Terminal directory, .fohn P. Inman is
named as Bully's probable successor. Pre
vious to the last election Sully offered the
1 residency of thc Richmond Terminal to
luman, but he declined to serve.
The Bouse Committee on Territories has
agreed to report one hill for the admission
of Dakota, Montana, Washington and New
Mexico as States. The committee reports
unfavorably upon the division of Dakota
and tho admission of the two parts as
States.
Dr. Mackenzie has protested against the
course of treatment pursued hy Hie Ger
man doctors in thc case ?if thc Crown
Prince. Much surprise has been caused by
the Emperor William having ordered Dr.
bergman to make a special report on the
condition of UlO Crown Prince's larynx.
A West l'oint. Miss , special to thc New
Oilcans Ti meit Ik moer itt says: "MahaiTiK
Sturtcvaut, of Kansas, have made arrange
ments to move their entire plant to this
place. They have contracted to have tin lr
works in operation by the lirst of .lune.
This will he the lirst tile I aclory ever estab
lished In Mississippi. Immigrants are
pouring into this section from the North
wes*."
u\8ic irn.i. A uno AU.
I'M -nb m \ on der Ml? IVnttU lo Tuite a lr ii m
io Knrouo.
President Chris Von der Abo, of Ibo st.
Louis Club, arrived in Philadelphia Tues
tiny from New York. Ile has just com
pleted an ex ton si ve lour of Ku rope and ho
says he is more In love with thc United
States than ever.
' 'European countries arc about two hun
died years behind America," he said.
Everywhere I went I was questioned about
thc A mei ?can national gamo ol baseball,
lu England tho people seemed lo under
stand something shout the points of thc
linnie, but in Prance and Germany they
know nothing ?d' it, When I told a sport
lug man In Paris Ilia) somellmes as many
as '.Vi,ono or 150,000 people witnessed one
game, be not only expressed surprise, but
lie w ss incredulous."
"Have you any intention of laldngu team
10 Europe? '
"1 am thinking scrli usly of ii, and 1 will
certainly send a bam I h rough England,
France and Germany if any other malinger
will embark in thc enterprise with mc. 1
am informed that President Day. of (he
New York Club, thinks favorably of the
projci t. and ii he conchies to send a team
I will send one also."
"How alien I Milligan?"
"1 have offered Millican $2,700 lo play
in St. bonis,'' replied Presiden! Von der
Alie, "and Unit is as milch as he is. worth.
11 Is an increase of $000 over what bc rc
c. ived from the Athletics Ins! season, He
wants $0,000, hui 1 will not give il. If
he wants to play at my ligures he i an sign
a contrae! at any lime, ll he don't he can
einain idle."
HEALTHIER THAN BEER.
An IIHIIIM!rions l.iilim-fr Wim Mukcx Oat
meal Iii. Suits! Ulli? l<ir .Mall.
"No i ? i r. thanks."
"ll will do you good, after working
in thc stree! all morning," ?aid the
foreman of a party of laborers from tho
Public Works Department lo one ol
tho mos! intelligent of Ids workmen
during a nooning on an up-low n sll'COl
the oilier day.
"Pd rallier driul; what I've gol in
my blicket."
..What's thal :J"
"Oatmeal and w aler 1
"What do you drink I hat for?"
'.To keep.l, same as you drink
water."
"li doesn't ri -i you like beer,
though.''
"Tri il once and see. When I bc*
gan drinking oat-meal in my water,
the wife had ni most io maka me lake
it. Now I wouldn't he without it. 1
used to drink a glass of beer every
noon, two before supper and 'work I ho
giow 1er' lu hue going lo sleep al night.
Thal COS? al on! IWCiltt COIltS a dav
Now 1 save all thai .iud gel along just
as well as before. 1 don't know what
there is lihou I lin' meal, but when I
have bad a drink of ii i don't caro for
beer or any t bing else io drink. You'd
lad ter try it yourself."
"Oat-meal in wa(-r," explained a
physician lo n roportor w ho Incl over
heard the above-recorded dhlloglio, "is
one of fhn best drinks iii Ibo world for
a working-man, especially in warm
weather. ll is nutritive, satisfying
and agreeable lo the stomach, loi
laborers ii makes a useful addition io
the diel, costs but lillie, ami repays
(he small outlay in tlc form of in
creased ability io perform labor, eilhei
physical or mental." .V. ) . Mail and
Ejtpti ss.
l in- ('onitttutlonal Amendment,
Heartily concurring with Mr. Hoar'i
amendment as to a chongo ot Innugiuatloi
day and willi Mr. ('rain's excellent propo
sinon to reform our present Coilgrcsslonn
elidion system, lt ia to lie hoped that n<
prolonged contention w ill .stand in thc waj
of their adoption. With slight change1
they cnn bc conjoined in one aniciidincnl
that will be certain to meet popular np
pro val,, and do away with many BCriotll
objections to existing methods. The Oritit
would suggest that Mr. Hoar's ilincndmonl
as to the day of in igiir.ition be ncccplci
without application to thc commencement
sr expiration of tho terms of mom hors ol
tho lioii8e, and Mr. Crain's accented as ti
changing the date o? expiration fron
March I to Dcfcinhcr.il. Blich ail amend
tncnl being agreed upon and ratified prloi
to .March I. 1880, tho Congress elected ii
November next would begin Its official OX
Inlonce on tho last Tuesday In April, 1880,
and December 81, 1800. Thereafter thon
WOllld be no Irregularity in the series Tin
Congress elected In November, is'.io. wonk
extend from December, 81, lsim, tn f) eec rn
lwr 81, 1802; tho Congress of 1802 fron
December 81, IMYi, to December81, ls!M
and so on. Congress would meei within ?
few weeks after ils election, and Hie shot
session would IM- permanently abolished.
Washington Ci ?(ic.
Si II.o.i? Mn ruin II billill i.
A Columbus, Ohio, dispatch lays: "Hen
alor .lohn Sherman, who ls in tlu* elly, or
hearing that Mr. blaine would not allow lill
namo to bo used before the Chicago ( on
Vondon, said that he liad been cxpectin/!
some such utterance from Mr. blaine fm
some time. He had understood it would
lie forthcoming, Mr. blaine wo? one ()|
thc foremost Americans whom the Hepub
Heans would delight to honor. Mr. Sher
man did not care to talk much about tin
Blaine letter, but. thought it would cause a
Dumber of other candidates to come lo thc
front. He proposed to make Hie race foi
tho Ohio delegation and would contest hon
orably for tho nomination. Mr. Ulai nt
was a Republican who could sweep tin
country ir nominated, but bo had andei
stood all along that ho would not again seek
Hie nomination. Il was on thin hypothesis
that ho (Sherman) had entered the lists.
soi I ll CAHOI.INA'K ATTUACTIOK*.
Inquiri?* a? lo tho Coy Malden'* Ilmourcea
Donning from nil i'nrta or Hit, Union.
Inquiries continu? to como to tho De
partment of Agriculture regarding the re
sources of thc State. The gentleman from
Ohio who, some weeks ago, Inquired about
grazing lands writes that he will visit South
Carolina in Hie course of a few months and
examine some of the numerous farms thal
have been offered him. He luis made a
visit lo Tennessee, but returned home
somewhat disappointed with tho result of
his investigations there, lie evidently ex
pects to lind better grazing lands in South
Carolina, and refers particularly to the
coast region of tho State.
The gentleman who Inquired about thc
growth of rushes, with a view of estab
lishing a $260,000 factory to manufacturo
them into summer matting, acknowledges
tho receipt of information sent hito; and
has opened correspondence with parties
who eau furnish the rushes in abundance.
A gentleman In New York city writes
for a copy of thc Department's special re
port on thc Slate's exhibit nt New Dillans.
The report, lie says, contains valuable in
formation that lit; desires to use in his
studies on natural history.
A party in Philadelphia desires informa
Hon about tho mineral, timber and agricul
tural resources of thc Stale.-Columbia
Daily Itecord.
yin. ui,\i.\i: IN M:\V YOIIII.
ll is interesting to ubscrvo the t liniments
of tito leading New York papers np nt Mr.
?James G. Blaine's recent letter purporting
to bo a declination to ho the Republican
Candidate for President.
The Times remarks thal "if win n thc
Chicago convention adjourns Mr, Diable
shall discover that ho is its nominee, nulli
lng will bo easier than for him Ul write
another letter to Mr. Jones, or lo Mr.
JoilCS's SUCCCSSOr, explaining that when hr
was ?a Florence he ready did not under
stand the weight and potency and Irrosisli
hie character ol the popular demand for
.laun s 0. Ulallie."
The World expresses itself idler Ihis
fashion: "This letter has tho ear of shicer!
ty. lt is plain that Mr. Diablo has made
up his mimi that he cannot he again nomi
nated for ['resident, and thal If nominated
ho cannot lie ch et. d. This is th?- Interpre
tation thal will bo placid upon the docu
ment, ilk friends, who have doubled (he
policy of hringing him Into thc contest
again, will gladly accopl their rolcaso,
Tiny will sick oilier allllialions, and be
fore twenty four hours there will ho a
gcucral reorganization in the llepublicaii
camp."
Tlie Tribu ne professes lo be sorry, and
lo moko known this feeling, says: "Wc it
grot the decision pr? foundry, since wc have
believed ihal he would command moro
votes in Hie doubtful Slates than any other
Republican yet proposed. Dui various
candidates, all ext client nun ami deserving
well ol tho Republican party, aro actively
in the Held, and the next few weeks may
be expected lo present sonic unusually live
ly polities, May tho bes! man win!"
Tho Herald, which has always aspired
lo bc al once independ? ut ami sagacious in
its judgments til public men, their actions,
and tho effect of these upon the course of
public affairs, approves Mr. Dlalne's step
as a wisc OUO, giving Ibo following reasons:
"Wc accept lin action of Mr. HI .inc as
conclusive, and looketl at from a Republi
can point of view, it must ho regarded n*
wise, and we mu ni even say magnanimous.
The singular personal attractions of Mr.
Blaine; tho alertness and audacity of his
inti lice!: his Skill in d scovt ring the man
ageablc points of politi .: his innate knowl
edge of thc workings of the government
sim i the wat ; the truuqillllly Ol his genius:
thc fact ih-ii as a leafier he was without en
mities, friendships, gratitude or fear; his
alisohito command of his parly, looking
upon rivals and aspirants only as so many
chess nu n in thc great game of which he
was master; and added lo these thc clo
uuence of Henry clay ami the keen, por
sistcnl bushiest sense of Timi low Weed
ai! combined to mako Mr. Blaine, BO lom
as lu- remained in Republican leadership,
like Mr. McGregor in Hie novel. Whorevoi
In-sui was die heat! ef the table."
The Philadelphia Pre** affects to liol love
that Mr. Blaine's formal withdrawal ls
fully in keeping with what has long in n
known to be hi^ preference In the matter.
I Pre an- its reasons: "No tina familiar wit li
lin- felling which he has repeatedly antiinn
reservedly expressed to his friends will be
surprised at this utterance. n is only thc
public expression of what ho has privatch
declared for many months, and it ls ba.-rd",
not upon political, but upon personal con
shh rations. IP- own determination hoing
clear, he has fell that il is was due to thc
patty thal il should llO advised of the lad
in ample linn-to govern I (sell atc rdlngly.
Had Mr. Ulallie remained in thc Held his
nomination w ould have been certain."
i lu- mnIr inn I'monet Ihr Hennir,
Tho Blair Educational hill passed thc
I ailed Sinti -- Somite Wodnstlny by a vote of
80 yeas to .>', nays. Senator I lampton voled
lor the luli and Senator Butler against ?I.
Tho hill appropriates anim illy for eight
years the following Minis to he "expended
to set ure the hem lit i f common school ed
neat lon to ad children of school age. living
in Hie I'nite \ States;"
First year, $7,000,000; second year $10,
OOO,000; third year. $15,000,000; 4th year,
$18,000,000; fifth year, $11,000,000; sixth
year. $0,000.000; seventh year, $7,000,000;
eight li year. $5,000,000. The money ls to
bc divided among tin- several states and
Tcrrltorli s ami the District ol (lolumbla in
proportion to Illiteracy tho computation
to he made according to the census of 1880,
and (tlfterwari -i 1800. There arc to he
BOparalO schools for w hite and colon tl ( hil
dren. No Stato or Territory is io re?oive
the nionoy under Hie Ai l until its Govcrnm
-hall have flied w ith tin- secretary of the
Interior a slaloment showing thc common
school system In force in thc Suie, the
amount of money expended during the pre
ending school year for the support of com
mon schools; Du- number of w hite and col
orcd children between the ages of lu and
?I; tin numbor of schools in operation,
average attendance of scholars, Sec. No
amount is to h? paid lo any State or Tcrti
lory in any year Creator Utan the amount
expended ont of its own revenues in the
preceding year for the maintenance of com
mon school No part of thc fund is to he
used for the erection or rent of school
buildings, hut an additional fund o? $3,
000,000 is io he allotted in the lust year for
school houses, cither tor construction or
renting; In sparsely populated districts m,t
more than $160 for inch building.
. -
Tut. operation of trac" colomy, recently
Dor for med on thc Crown Prince of (?er
in any, is not directed to thc cure of his
malady, hut is simply a measure of relict.
The tumor or Inflammation within bis
larynx had so increased as to obstruct rcs
pl ration, mid an artificial oponln* was
therefore made in his windpipe, as h ften
dom: in the caso of children with membran
ous orotip, and a lube inserted in this open
lng admits air to thc lungs. Of course this
has no effect upon the diseased organ. In
case of acute disease, tracheotomy lillows
lime for recovery; in tho Crown Prince's
case lt will prolong his iife, w hich must
otherwise have ended by suffocation hui
the course of the disease w ithin the larynx
will probably Ix: neither hastened nor re
tarded hy thc operation. if? tnay live in
this way foi months, under favorable con
ditions, hut there seems lillie ground for
hope of any huta fatal result at lust.
Tho Railroad Commission have decided
against the Georgia "Jim Crow" ear
They hold that accommodations must IHJ
the saino for all who pay tho ?ame faro
though separate cars may bo provided for
different passengers.
..FIGHTING DICK AN ?Bil SON."
An Appeal from thc Committee Chared With
Kreellng o? Monument to l'ernetunle III?
memory.
(nom tho Nows und Courier.)
The following circular lotter has hoon
prepared l?y tho committee appointed to
raise funds for tho erection of a monument
to tho memory of Lieut. Ooo. Richard II.
Anderson, of South Carolina:
At a mooting of thc Survivors' Associa
tion of Charleston district, held In Novem
her last, thc following resolution was unan
IniOUaly adopted: "ItetOtoed, That a com
mittee of live be appointed by Ibo Chair,
in rC8pOU80tOth08Ugg08lionoj! Capt. Sims,
Of tho Beaufort Artillery, winch committee
shall take such steps us shall seem expedient
to raise funds for thc erection of a suitable
monument to thc memory of Lieut. Gen.
Richard H. Anderson, of South Carolina,
and that this committee shall invite thc CO
op?ration of the several associatioos of sur
vivors, and of individuals, lu this State and
in either Stales."
Under this resolution tho following com
mittee was appointed: (Jen. I!. II. Kilt
lodge, chairman; Col. ll. M. Sims, Major
K. N. Thurston, Capt. 15. R, White, Capt.
F. \V. Dawson. .
Cen. Anderson was buried at Rcaufort,
South Carolina, where ho died, and his
grave is marked by a plain head-board.
Thoro is no other visible memorial of him
who rendered so tu toie service lo his State
and thc; Souihertt Coufcdoracy, ami who
deservedly held au exalted position In the
renard and confidence 0? the troops ho coin
mantled and ol lila illustrious commander,
Gen. H. IO. Leo.
Cen. Anderson first commanded a bri
gade of South Carolinians. In his division
lu the Anny of Northern Virginia, wore
troops from Georgia, Virginia, Florida,
Mississippi and Alabama, Al different
times, he commanded troops from every
Soul horn Stales. Everywhere, anti on all
occasions, he proved tho lil nos; of the name
hy which he was best known, that of
"Fighting Dick Anderson "
Tho committee feel that ii would bc un
nccccssiiry, and perhaps unbecoming, to
enlarge upon tho reasons why tho last ret I;
lng place of Cen. Anderson should lie
mar ked hy a monumental shnfl which, In
ils length and simplicity, shall Illly symbol
ize tho character ol thc dc id soldier, and.
al the same time, shall hear witness to I lit
loving remembrance of Ids comrade! in
arms, lt is proper lo say, however, that
there i< no desire to incur any considerable
expenso, orlo go beyond thc bonds of what
is proper asa mark of thc affection of his
contradi s und of his own undisputed worth.
lt is ileslrablo thai Un- monument shall
bo cneted without delny, and ii is urged,
therefore, thal subscriptions io Un-inonu
mint fund ho for warded at once lo Capt. F.
NV. Dawson, Treasuror, Charleston, S. C
It Is proposed lo close tho list al Hie end ol
April next.
Newspapers which approve of tho oh je; t
for widt h the committee was appointed arc
requested lo give this ein ular such pilli
Hoity as they doom appropriate.
lt. M. SIMS, K. N. Till ItsroN,
15. lt, Win n-.. F. W. DAWSON,
I!. II. Hi M.KIM.i., Chairman.
The press of Hie Southern stati s aro In
vited to direct tho attention of their road
en lo tho circular of tho Anderson Memo
rial Cuinn Ittoo, and the different organiza
tions "I Bx ( oufederates are earnestly rc
quested lo give tho circular their carly and
favorable consideration.
Tho hard was nskod lo compose a little
poem upon his childhood, and lids \$ w hat
he produced: "How th ar lo my heart is
tho school I attendee!, and how I rona tuber,
so distant ami dim, iii it red In uded Hid and
tlx- pin that I Pended, and carefully put on
thc hench Hilder him. Ami how I recall
the surprise of thc master, when Hill gave
a yell ind sprang lip from the pin, M> high
Ililli Ills hld Iel head smashed lip the plaster
iihove, and tho scholars all set np a din.
That active hoy Pilly, I hat Inch leaping
Hilly, thal lout) shouting Hilly v. h ? sal . ha
pin."
for the blood, use 15. H. H,
For scrofula, USO H. H. I'-.
For catarrh, uso Ik H, H.
For rheumatism, use Ik P.. p..
For kidney troubles, ure Ik U, I!.
For skin diseases, use P.. H, H.
l'or t motions, nse P.. ii. p.
For all blood poisons, use H. Ik Ik
Ask your neighbor who lu.s used Ik
H. B. of it?mor ts. (itt our book freo
filled with certificates of wonderful cures.
DIAL KN (il NH WOK Ks.
A COMPANY HAS HI5F.N FORMED
that nr.- now operating these works,
manufacturing tho Celebrated To/.i.H
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their great durability, simplicity ami
economy in fuel.
Excellent workmanship and design.
Return Tubulor Hoilors a speoialty,
Also Saw Mill Shafting ami boxes.
Most convenient shop in thc State for
having your repairs none.
All work guaranteed. Foundry work
in iron ami Brass.
Write UH for e-Htimateo.
W. I'. LESTER,
Superintendent.
THORN WELL MCMASTER,
Business Manager.
CHAHbOni 1 i:.M AU. INS I I 11 l i;.
Tho current acssion of this Institute
clop s January 21 et, 1888, when Hu
sfSnng Session begins, winch ends June
Otb, 1 SHH.
The jut sent BOSSion is one of the most
prosperous in the history of tho tnsti
?ute. There is room for only a few more
boarding pupils. The health of the
school, the accommodations ol it? board
ing department-, and tho ofllolenoy of it;,
corps e.f teaohorsare unsurpassed any
where in th,, South. The first of January
is a very convenient time for entering
l'ujnlsaro clmrgeel only from dat? of
outrance.
Rov. WM. R. ATKINSON,
Charlotte, N. C. 1>r?n??I,ftl'
PITTS CAIUilNATlVKj
FOH INFANTS A!\?
TEETHING OHIL DR IO N.
An instant roliof for Oolft of infants
Cures Dysontory, Diarrhroa, Cholera
Infantum or any dioceses of tim stomach
Md bowel?, Makes tho critical period
of 1 ??thing safo and easy. JH a ?afc and
pleasant tonio. For salo hy all dni?vist?
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DESKS, OFFICE FURNITURE ANO FIXTURES.
nvaliils' Hotel and Surgical Institut
binti of Kiuittcoii Bxperleneod ?uu >?aii??
rui Pbjralclnna nud Hmnooiw.
ALL CHRONIC DISEASES A 8PECIALTY.
Paticnts treated boro or at their koines. Many
treated at homo, ihroiiKh correspondence,at
suco sslullv ns if lien- lu purnoo. Come u ni j
pc- ns. or s* ml ion couta In Htamps l'or ?no
" Invalids' Guidc-8ook," willoh Rives all partit}
,?? n . Vddn : VVOIMoD'S DlSl'KNSAUY Ml DJ
t \i, A v-ot l.vrioN. CU Main :>t., llanillo, N.Y.
id-"worn-out." "run-down?" debilitad
prlu ?ol teachers, milliners, seams) rosses, house*
keepers, mid overworked womiirt generali ,
in-. Pierce's Favorito Proscription ts UK- bcsl
ol all rest ornt Ivo tonics, lt ls not n "Curo-alt."
hut udmlrtibly fuilllla a singleness ot' purijoso,
being a most potent Bpoclflo fm- all tl? -
Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases pooulliu- to
women. Tho treatmonl of many tbousanrti
Ol such CAW s ni tl?'' Invalids' Unti l nial Burg
h al Instituto hos afforded a Inrgo oxporleuoo
lu adopting remedies u>r their euro, and
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
ia tho rosall of this vast pxporlonco. For
Internal congestion, I ii fla ..mini lo?
mid ulceration, IC in a specific, ll
IH a powerful general, ns won as no rino, tenir
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l<> tho wbolo Bystcm. it enron weakness o?
Hiernach, indigestion, bloating, weak back,
norvous prostmtlon, i vhaustlon, di milty iud
eli ppii sari -. in oltlicrsex. Pavo rite l*n scrip
linn is sold ny drugglsta under om- pond ive
guarantcCi Boo w rapper around bottle.
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